Car-fender.



D. AINIS.

GAR FENDER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 00T. o, 1011.

1 ,034,946. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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GAR-FENDER.

Speccatonof Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Serial No. 653,478.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, DENNIS ArNis, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Car-Fender, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of an improved carfender in which the scoop ispivotally supported from the car-frame to be tilted downward whenstriking an object.

It further consists of improved means for guarding or fending the wheelsof the car.

It further consists 'of improved means for connecting the scoop and itssupports.

It further consists of improved means for connecting the scoop, itssupports and the side-fenders.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth, in detail,one of the various mechanical forms in which the principle of theinvention may be embodied.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved car-fender, the samebeing illustrated as in position on a street railway car, the frontplatform and front wheels of which are indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2represents a plan view of the fender. Fig. 3 represents a section on theline m-fo in Fig. 1, looking rearward, the springs which support thefront end of the fender being omitted for the sake of clear-ness. Fig. 4represents a sectional detail view of one of the clips for securing aside-fender to the side of the main scoop.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the bottom frame ofthe car and the numerals 2 indicate the wheels of the same, said partsbeing illustrated in dotted lines. Brackets, 3, are secured to projectdownward from the bottom of the car, in front of the wheels, 4and twoarms, 4, are pivoted at their rear ends upon a transverse rod, 5, in thelower ends of said brackets. A scoop, 6, consisting of a rectangularframe, 7, having an upturned rear portion, 8, and covered by netting, 9,of wire, cord or other material, has its forward cross-bar, 10, securedto the forward ends of the arms 4 by clips, l1, and rests upon saidarms, being further secured to the latter by nails,

12, staples or other similar means. The upturned rear portion of thescoop rests against t-he front edges of the brackets. Two wheels, 13,are journaled upon a shaft, 14, passing through the arms, near theforward ends of the same and are adapted to travel on the rails when thearms and scoop are tilted downward. Two triangular' side-fenders orguards, 15, consisting of triangular frames, 16, formed from flatstrips, and netting, 17, or other similar covering, are hinged to andsupported from the round side-rods of the scoop-frame by clips,18,'formed with arched middle-portions, 19, which fit over the roundside-bars of the scoop, and inturned ends, 20, which clamp the upperframe-bars of the side-fenders, and said fenders extend rearward topartly cover the sides of the wheels. Springs, 21, are fastened at theirupper ends to depend beneath the ear-frame and at their lower ends tothe side-bars of the scoop-frame and upper bars of the sidefenderframes, maintaining the fenders slightly raised above the track and roadbed. An arched frame, 22, has the ends of its limbs pivotally connectedto the ends of the wheel-shaft, and a rod, 23, extends from the middleof said frame and through the platform of the car, where it has a heador treadle, 24. A spring, 25, around the rod, serves to assist inraising the arched frame and the fender.

When the car is running, the fender is raised suiliciently from theground to clear small stones and small obstacles and irregular-ities inthe roadbed. If the fender strikes a person, animal or other largeobstacle, the same will fall into the scoop and tilt the fender downwardso as to bring the wheels down upon the rails, when the person orobjectmay be safely carried in the scoop until the car can be stopped.The fender can be depressed by the motor-man of the car by putting hisfoot upon the treadle of the arched frame, but the fender will actwithout such positive actuation. The sidefenders will prevent contactwith the wheels and prevent persons or objects from getting under thefront wheels from the sides of the car. The person or object caught inthe scoop of the fender will be prevented from slipping through andunder the running gear of the car by the upturned rear end of the scoop.The upturned rear portion of the scoop bearing against the brackets willprevent the front end of the fender from being unduly raised from thetrack by the springs, thus serving as a stop.

The fender is of simple, durable and inexpensive construction and willperform its function automatically as well as when depressed by themotorman on the car.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character stated, a pair of brackets adapted to besecured to depend from the bottom-frame of a car, arms piv oted withtheir rear ends upon a rod passed through the ends of said brackets, ashaft supported in said arms near their forward ends, wheels journaledupon said shaft to travel on the rails, a covered rectangularscoop-frame having its front rod secured by clips to the forward ends ofthe arms and supported upon vsaid arms and formed with an upturned rearend, triangular sidefenders formed from fiat strips and having aflexible covering and extending at the sides of the front wheels, clipsformed with arched middle portions fitting over the round side-rods ofthe scoop-frame and with inturned ends clamping the upper flat bars ofthe side-fenders to thus hinge the latter to depend from the sides ofthe scoop, springs adapted to be secured to the carframe and secured tothe side-rods of the scoop-frame and the upper `bars of the side-rfender frames, and an arched frame having the ends of its limbspivotally connected to the ends of the wheel-shaft and formed at its topwith an upright rod adapted to pass through the car-bottom and providedwith a treadle.

DENNIS AINIS. lVitnesses:

WM. Snoring, C. D. MCVAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing.the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

